The Richard Crouse Show On "Through Black Spruce" with Barndon Oakes, Don McKellar and Tanaya Beatty

Published: March 29, 2019, 9:51 p.m.

On this week\u2019s show: "Through Black Spruce" stars\xa0Tanaya Beatty and Brandon Oakes and director Don McKellar.In \u201cThrough Black Spruce,\u201d an adaptation of Joseph Boyden\u2019s Giller Prize-winning novel, Beatty stars as Annie Bird, a Cree woman from James Bay who travels to Toronto in search of her twin sister Suzanne, a model who disappeared without a trace.As Annie explores the dark underbelly of the city\u2019s fashion scene at home in Moosonee her Uncle Will (Mohawk actor Oakes) runs afoul of local drug dealers. They think Suzanne\u2019s boyfriend ripped them off and want to talk to her about where he is. When Will won\u2019t tell them he is beaten within an inch of his life.